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University-Wide Diversity and Inclusion Training Resources

Below are some of the training videos that are available to the University through our office. For more information, or to schedule a diversity training, please contact the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion at 618-650-5382.

Ouch! That Stereotype Hurts

Staying silent in the face of demeaning comments, stereotypes or biases allows these attitudes and behaviors to thrive. This undermines our ability to create an inclusive workplace where all employees are welcomed, treated with respect and able to do their best work. Yet, most employees and leaders who want to speak up don't know how. So we say nothing. Ouch! That Stereotype Hurts enhances skills for speaking up against stereotypes without blame or guilt, identifies the most common reasons people sit silent in the face of bias and stereotypes, and helps you to understand the impact of stereotypes and biased statements even when casually said.

Is it Bias? Making Diversity Work

Is it Bias? Making Diversity Work is a DVD-based course to define, recognize and reduce bias in the workplace. Bias costs organizations billions in lost productivity, high turnover and low morale, not to mention the risk of expensive litigation. The course will show participants how to identify subtle biases in themselves and others and how to defeat them.

Transgender Students: Strategies for Serving and Supporting

Strides have been made in understanding concerns relevant to lesbian, gay and bisexual college students. However, it could be argued that higher education is just beginning to grasp the needs of a growing transgender and other gender-nonconforming student population on today’s campuses.

SIUE has an opportunity and responsibility to put practices in place that serve, protect and ultimately retain all students, and this special population is no exception.

Join our expert presenters, Shane Windmeyer, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Campus Pride and author Genny Beemyn as they review specific strategies and best practices for making our campus community an environment that actively supports this unique population.

Participants will:

Gain an understanding of the current demographics and diverse experiences of the transgender and other gender nonconforming student population.

Learn how transgender and other gender nonconforming college students have faced discrimination in campus housing, facilities, health services, student activities, athletics, and admissions.

Identify ways to address this discrimination and hear about best practices for meeting the needs of transgender and other gender nonconforming students on our campus.

Receive valuable resources and information about new research on the experiences and needs of transgender and other gender nonconforming college students that can be used within our campus community.